Luke Bryan

his true identity. Christ preached to crowds of thousands, his message heard throughout the land even after he rose to his father in heaven. All of these events have been recorded in the four Gospels in the New Testament. The authors, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, all capture the extraordinary life of Jesus Christ from very different angles. The Gospels are able to relate to all people of any age, due to the versatility of the teachings. The meanings of the teachings are different to every…

The Gospels are the first four books of the New Testament in the Bible that record the good news of God’s plan for a Savior through the life, ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Writing from before Jesus’ birth to about AD 85, each author had a particular style to communicate the life and meaning of Jesus. Though the methods may differ, each Gospel writer’s main purpose was to call people to faith (Elwell and Yarbrough 59). The book of Matthew was originally written for the Jews…

The Gospel of Mary is a non-canonical Gnostic gospel that is attributed to have been written by Mary Magdalene or Mary the mother of Jesus. Three copies of the gospel have been discovered, one was written in the Sahidic dialect of Coptic, and two others in Greek. Most scholars agree that the first manuscript was originally written in Greek sometime during the second century CE, which was found later on in Northern Egypt. What gives us a clue that this text was written during this time was that…

During the 1896 election, William Jennings Bryan, was defeated by the hands of the Republican candidate, William McKinley. William Jennings Bryan had been selected by both the Democrats along with the Populists. The Populists, or The People 's Party, was never able to recover from the defeat. The corporate model had won, they defeated the Populist…

Choice of destiny By: Pauline. L “Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.” – William Jennings Bryan. Last two weeks ago, I remembered I was about to have a nice and plentiful dinner outside with my parents. Unfortunately, things didn’t go that smooth as I was expected before. “Pauline, grade 12 is an important year to you, have you decided to go to what kind of stream after graduated from high school?”…

During the late 19th century in America, working class individuals did not have much opportunity in searching for self definition. This was a time in American history where big businesses and industries were flourishing and dominated a big part of the economy including the roles of workers. Many of these working class individuals were treated very poorly by their employers by having to deal with terrible working conditions and miniscule pay. The influx of immigrants into American also occurring…

The Scopes trial was the case against John Scopes, a biology teacher in Dayton Tennessee. Scopes was charged for defying Tennessee's newly placed Butler Act. This case is what catapulted the dispute of creationism versus evolution and how it should be taught in schools. The outcome of this 1925 trial affected the rest of the 19th century extensively, however as the 20th century neared, the effect became less prevalent. John Scopes was a local biology teacher and was arrested for teaching…

The Scopes trial took place in Tennessee centered around a teacher named John Scopes, who was arrested for violating a state law that prohibited the teaching of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution. The trial immediately attracted two different groups to the case, the Fundamentalist Christians and the religious modernists. The tension was already growing between these two trending groups in America and the Scopes trial was one of the cases that brought this tension to the spotlight. During this…

During World War I (July 28, 1914- November 11, 1918) the United States made it its mission to not get involved. They were going to abide by a neutrality acts. These acts were used so that the United States and other countries would not overstep boundaries causing the two to feud with each other. Sadly, things did not go according to plan when Germany decided to take matters into their own hands. Many of these acts were broken and as a result the United States entered the war. While the breaking…

Jennings Bryan was their leader. He believed that God was on his side and that if people were against populism then they were that of the devil. He was the one that wanted free silver from the government. Kazin writes, “Bryan portrayed the cause of free silver as a defense of hardworking Americans and the sovereignty of the nation itself” (Kazin 39). Bryan believed that the gold standard was an ignorant plan and that it would destroy our economy. While people thought these were foolish ideas…